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School of Communication

USC Annenberg School for Communication 305
(213) 740-0900 (academic inquiries)
(213) 740-3951 (administrative)
FAX: (213) 740-8036
Email: ascquery@usc.edu

Director: Larry Gross, Ph.D.

Assistant Director: Imre S. Meszaros, M.A.

Faculty

University Professor and Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership: Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.

Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society: Manuel Castells, Ph.D.

Norman Lear Chair in Entertainment, Media and Society: Martin H. Kaplan, Ph.D.

Professors: Jonathan D. Aronson, Ph.D.; Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Ph.D.; Manuel Castells, Ph.D.; Peter Clarke, Ph.D.; Michael J. Cody, Ph.D.; Geoffrey Cowan, LL.B.*; Nicholas Cull, Ph.D. (Chair, Public Diplomacy Master's Program); Janet Fulk, Ph.D.; G. Thomas Goodnight, Ph.D. (Chair, Doctoral Program); Larry Gross, Ph.D.; Thomas A. Hollihan, Ph.D.; Andrea Hollingshead, Ph.D. (Chair, Communication Management Master's Program); Doe Mayer, M.A. (Cinematic Arts); Margaret McLaughlin, Ph.D.; Lynn C. Miller, Ph.D.; Peter R. Monge, Ph.D.*; Ernest J. Wilson III, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.*; Francois Bar, Ph.D.; Joshua Kun, Ph.D.; Randall Lake, Ph.D.; Sheila T. Murphy, Ph.D.; Stephen O'Leary, Ph.D.; Patricia Riley, Ph.D. (Chair, Global Communication Master's Program); Kenneth K. Sereno, Ph.D.*; Stacy Smith, Ph.D.; Douglas Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Kwan Min Lee, Ph.D.; Dmitri Williams, Ph.D.

Clinical Professors: Robert Scheer, Jonathan Taplin

Clinical Associate Professors: Daniel Durbin, Ph.D.; Colleen M. Keough, Ph.D.; Rebecca Weintraub, Ph.D. (Director, Communication Management Master's Program)

Clinical Assistant Professors: Daniella Baroffio-Bota, Ph.D.; Ben Lee, Ph.D.; Christopher Smith, Ph.D.; Gordon Stables, Ph.D. (Director, Trojan Debate Squad); Alison Trope, Ph.D.

Research Professor: Jeffrey Cole, Ph.D. (Director, Center for the Digital Future)

Reasearch Assistant Professor: Robert Appleby, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty: Vincent Brook, Ph.D.; James Loper, Ph.D.; Michael Overing, J.D.; Paula Patnoe-Woodley, M.A.; Jillian Pierson, Ph.D.; Susan Resnick-West, Ph.D.; Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D.; Sasha Strauss, M.A.; Tracy Westen, J.D.

Emeritus Professors: Walter R. Fisher, Ph.D.; A. Michael Noll, Ph.D.; William H. Perkins, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or school teaching award.

Degree Programs

The School of Communication offers programs of study leading to a B.A. in Communication; minors in Communication and the Entertainment Industry, Interactive Media and the Culture of New Technologies, Global Communication, Health Communication, Professional and Managerial Communication, Communication Law and Media Policy, Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Law and Society; a progressive degree in Communication/Master of Communication Management; an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication; an M.A. in Global Communication (in conjunction with the London School of Economics); a Master of Communication Management and a Master of Public Diplomacy. The Master of Public Diplomacy combines the resources of the Annenberg School for Communication and USC College's School of International Relations. The Communication Management Program has established dual degree programs with the USC Gould School of Law and Hebrew Union College.